> Jacob was ‘‘absolutely humiliated,’’ Koscinski said.

Oh please.

> the Charleston, S.C., student graduated from his Christian-based homeschool program with a 4.89 grade point average

OK, now it makes sense.

I imagine he was embarrassed, but not because of what was on the cake.

> Cara Koscinski said she then had to explain why the grocery store censored ‘‘cum’’ from Jacob’s cake to her 70-year-old mother while Jacob’s friends laughed uncontrollably.

obviously it was a bit of hyperbole

I didn't read the article but could you not just call Publix and order the cake over the phone?

Yeah, a profanity filter sure is a sophisticated algorithm.

this is what passes for newsworthy? on HN even?

I'm not sure what 'newsworthy' means these days, but I thought it was suitable HN because the point if failure was the user input validations on the website.